Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets were founded in 1967 as the "New Jersey Americans", and they moved to New York in 1968, becoming known as the "Nets". From 1977 to 2012, the team once more played for New Jersey, but it returned to New York in 2012. In 1974 and 1976, the Nets won ABA championships, and the team won the 2001-02 and 2002-03 Eastern Conference championships.